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Long Lost Teri

After capturing the big super tuesday states of New York, California, New Jersey, and Massachusets, Senator Hillary Clinton’s campaign has been showered with bad news. Senator Obama has won all the primaries and caucuses since, in places as geographically and demographically diverse as Maine, Washington State, Louisiana, and Nebraska, indicating his broad appeal.  He has outdone Senator Clinton in fundraising efforts by a margin of 2 to 1, and has generally dinged up her aura if inevitability.  The latest tribulation comes in the form of a letter written by two New York State legislators rebuking Senator Clinton for allowing her campaign manager, Patty Solis Doyle, to step down in a campaign staff shake-up. The Clinton campaign has admitted that it is counting on victories in both Texas and Ohio on March 4th to keep it in the race.  If Ohio’s Rust Belt blue collar voters do what they’re expected to do, the state should fall into the Clinton column, but if latinos in Texas feel slighted by the change of campaign manager, it could cost HRC dearly. 

Above is a picture of her on the phone saying “hello? inevitability? why have you been such a stranger lately?” 

Dr Studly    

Mike Huckabee made an appearance at the annual Christian Science Monitor breakfast this morning, and, as usual, delivered some memorable zingers to reporters.  I’m going to cut and paste from the New York Times’ political blog, “The Caucus” as posted by John M. Broder in a post entitled “Breakfast With Huckabee”

 On running for the United States Senate if this presidential thing doesn’t work out: “It’s more likely I’ll dye my hair green, get a bunch of tattoos and go on tour with Amy Winehouse.”

On the rigors of a presidential campaign: “Arkansas politics and the savagery of it were far more intense than running for president.”

On the recent flood of endorsements of Mr. McCain, now that he is close to securing the nomination: “What are these people saying – that they were for him all along but just forgot to tell him?” (my favorite)

On why Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton seems to be struggling right now: “She does not have the personality of her husband. Very few people do.”

On why Senator Barack Obama appears to be beating her: “The American people are not looking for someone who can fix a carburetor. They’re looking for someone who can drive the car.”

I posted some months ago that Huckabee’s rise was essentially the Republican Party’s chickens coming home to roost.  They built an electoral coalition that relied heavily on conservative Christians to get politicians into office who would publicly espouse morally and religously conservative positions, while enacting  legislation and policies that heavily favored corporations and investors.  It was only a matter of time before a politician arose who perceived the contradiction in that arrangement and capitalized on the frustrations that it manifested.  It is his quick wit(as evidenced above), alongside his charming, affable, and down-to-earth style, that has kept his underfunded campaign this deep in the race. 

 dr studly

Former Massachusets Governor Willard Mitt Romney has dropped his bid for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, winnowing down the field to just 3 candidates.  Despite spending forty million dollars of his personal fortune, he failed to convince Republican primary voters that he was a bona fide conservative.  His cost per delegate was the highest, costing a cool million for every convention delegate he won.  Goevrnor Huckabee, on the other hand, earned the title of lowest cost per delegate. It will be interesting to see how many of the movement conservatives who are suspicious of John McCain will gravitate to Mike Huckabee by default. 

above is a photo of Romney waving bye bye. he’s certainly putting on his bravest face!

dr studly

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